A Very Thankful Prayer

Thank You, God, for autumn! The colorful leaves, crisp air, and cozy snuggles by the fire are the best! Show your child how important it is to see their blessings and express gratitude with A Very Thankful Prayer, a beautiful new board book from bestselling author Bonnie Rickner Jensen.

From watching the leaves fall to picking pumpkins from the patch, from sharing a Thanksgiving meal with loved ones to learning how to give—there’s so much to be thankful for! Join these adorable animals as they say a prayer of thanks to God, who gives us every good thing.

Contributor(s)

Bonnie Rickner Jensen , Natalia Moore

About the Contributor(s)

Bonnie Rickner Jensen

Bonnie Rickner Jensen is a bestselling author who for the past 20 years has written everything from children’s books to gift books to thousands of greeting cards. She is the writer behind the bestselling Really Woolly® brand, with more than a million books sold and an ECPA Gold Award–winning Really Woolly Bedtime Prayers. Bonnie has won a Retailer’s Choice Award for her book I Love You Head to Toe and also several Louie Awards for her work in the social expression industry. Her favorite inspirations are her grandchildren, running, and sunshine. She lives and works from her home in Cleveland, Ohio.

Natalia Moore

Natalia Moore studied illustration at Swansea University in Wales, passing with Honors, and now lives and works in Devon, England. She has illustrated more than twenty children's books, working with mixed media and finishing off digitally, and is also a teacher and author. Natalia enjoys drawing from real life and is never without her sketchbook.

ISBN-10

0718098838

ISBN-13

9780718098834

Publish Date

Aug 8, 2017

Weight (lbs)

1.4250

Height

8.00

Width

8.00

Length

24

Length Unit

Pages

Publisher

Thomas Nelson

Price

$8.99

Format

Board Book

Language

English

Customer Reviews

Review by Zoe @ the blessed and bewildered blog

Overall Rating

I have loved all three of the children's board books that I have read and reviewed by Bonnie Rickner Jensen to date. I pray that there are many more coming. My kids have loved them too (including my 18-year-old!). My family and I have given each of them a solid 5-star rating. The board books are just so God-honoring, sweetly written, and down-right adorable. A Very Thankful Prayer is no exception. A perfect book to snuggle up with your toddler, or your teen, to read during the Thanksgiving season. And who says it just has to be at Thanksgiving... we can enjoy it all throughout the year.

A Very Thankful Prayer is a book that I will have sitting on my Thanksgiving table for everyone to look through during the day (even though my kids aren't very little anymore). This beautiful book is a priceless way to spark some ideas for all ages around your table to share what they are thankful for.

My family and I have a tradition of creating a thankful tree, or thankful wall banner each Thanksgiving season to remind us of how God cares for us. A reminder to have grateful hearts. During Thanksgiving week I will have a mason jar sitting out prominently. It contains a variety of thankfulness tags, fun pens, and a means of attaching them to the tree or banner. I typically hole punch the tags at the top and attach a short piece of bakers twine to hang the tags on the tree. For a banner, I would have a roll of double-sided tape nearby. My husband and I encourage everyone throughout the week to think about what they have to be thankful for (outside their toys ;) and to write them down and hang them on the tree. Don't forget to add your own!!!

After we eat the glorious Thanksgiving meal, while slumping in our chairs from our overextended stomachs, we find that the kids are calm and relaxed. That is the perfect time to go around the table and share what each of us is thankful for. If new ideas pop up we add them to the tree. It is so fun to hear everyone share their blessings.

God Loves Daddy & Me and God Loves Mommy & Me are the first two books that I reviewed by Bonnie Rickner Jensen. The illustrator was Laura Watkins for both of those stories. I genuinely LOVE her artwork. A Very Thankful Prayer introduced me to a new illustrator, Natalia Moore. Moore is another incredible illustrator. You will truly enjoy just looking at the book.

Don't miss this one... it's priceless!

As a reviewer for FrontGate Media, I received a review copy of this book in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. My thanks to FrontGate Media, the author, and publisher.

*this review was originally written for my blog. There is a ton of information on the blog post on how to start a thankfulness tree with your family. To get the additional information for this review and to access all of my other reviews please search for blessedandbewildered online. (Posted on 10/22/2017)